tomvanhalen

Hi ive been into bonsai for a year or so and i am forever in awe...

it all started with a Serissa Foetida which unfortunately died due to unknown reasons...sad as i was i decided to try my hand at it again...this time with a chinese elm in the hope it would be a little more robust...

it has been...ive had it over a year and its doing ok...though the leaves and branches look a little sparse...

last thursday (1st May)...i bought another chinese elm...the leaves are tiny and much more in proportion...a lucious waxy green...i am going round reading as much as possible to ensure that these to tree survive...

i have kept the soil most...and on friday last i immersed it in a tray of water with bonsai feed for 30 minutes(no higher than pot level...the idea was to let the tree soak it up...i did not immerse it above pot level)...

however...worryingly...since sunday the new chinese elm has began to show the dreaded yellow leaves...in fairly large quantities...it shows new growth and new buds are showing up all over the show...but the yellow leaves...what is this all about...(there are no dark spots)

ive trawled the internet trying to learn of the reasons, causes and preventions but there seems to be conflicting views...(are these leaves protecting the new bud at the base??)

"chinese elms like full sun..." --- "never expose a bonsai to direct sun"

etc...

since buying the new elm...i let the tree aclimatise to my room (bright position...well ventialted position)...then in the day...i placed it on the window sill where the most sunlight is in the day (removing it at night incase of cold)....

the weather here began to imporve significantly...so much so that i thought it would be a good idea to let it breathe a bit of freash air...

its been this pattern since buying it...

position in my room, ventialted(at night)...

window sill if its not sunny or warm out...

outside all day in the sun if its sunny...

water has been kept moist...fed once since purchase...

what is going on...is this normal...i dont want to loose it!! please help a beginner...

is the tree going through a natural cycle...am i moving it about too much??

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